Zicatela surf break

Zicatela surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 CST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Zicatela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zicatela sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Zicatela today?

The current surf forecast for Zicatela at 9PM is: 1.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)18s

Table - waves today at Zicatela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)151718181516161616161615151514141414141414131318
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6101003101510156367969501096962827796736936811800697557549534519421384312307
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36PM
0.92
12:54AM
0.78
1:34PM
1.03
1:52AM
0.78
2:29PM
1.13
2:47AM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
0.28
6:55AM
0.22
8:08PM
0.22
7:48AM
0.15
9:06PM
0.16
8:41AM
0.08
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:13-------6:11-------6:11-
Sunset-6:43-------6:43-------6:43------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C312928282727293131292827272729313129282726262930
Feels °C (?)323130312930313232313029292931323231312928293231
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Zicatela surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest